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Article: How I Use the Advanced Features of the Btrfs File System in Oracle
Linux
How to create and mount a Btrfs file system. How to copy and delete files. How to create and manage a redundant file system configuration. How to check the integrity of the file system and its remaining capacity. How to take snapshots. How to clone. And more. In this article Margaret explores the more advanced features of the Btrfs file system.
posted Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:39:24 +0000
How to create and mount a Btrfs file system. How to copy and delete files. How to create and manage a redundant file system configuration. How to check the integrity of the file system and its remaining capacity. How to take snapshots. How to clone. And more. In this article Margaret explores the more advanced features of the Btrfs file system.
posted Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:39:24 +0000
Blog: How and Why We
Integreated ASMLib Into Oracle Linux, by Wim Coekaerts
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), developed in 2004, was a sophisticated volume manager of sorts for Oracle data. It was great, but difficult to administer. ASMlib is a small set of extensions designed to make device management easier. Wim explains how and why Oracle decided to integrate Oracle ASMLib into Oracle Linux.
posted Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:06:02 +0000
Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), developed in 2004, was a sophisticated volume manager of sorts for Oracle data. It was great, but difficult to administer. ASMlib is a small set of extensions designed to make device management easier. Wim explains how and why Oracle decided to integrate Oracle ASMLib into Oracle Linux.
posted Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:06:02 +0000
Tech
Article: Tips for Hardening an Oracle Linux Server
General strategies for hardening an Oracle Linux server. Oracle Linux comes "secure by default," but the actions you take when deploying the server can increase or decrease its security. How to minimize active services, lock down network services, and many other tips. By Lenz Grimmer and James Morris.
posted Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:42:44 +0000
General strategies for hardening an Oracle Linux server. Oracle Linux comes "secure by default," but the actions you take when deploying the server can increase or decrease its security. How to minimize active services, lock down network services, and many other tips. By Lenz Grimmer and James Morris.
posted Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:42:44 +0000
Tech
Article: How I Got Started With The Btrfs File System for Oracle
Linux
The basic capabilities that Margaret Bierman discovered while becoming familiar with the Btrfs file system in Oracle Linux, plus the instructions she used to create a file system, verify its size, create subdirectories, and perform other basic administrative tasks.
posted Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:00:19 +0000
The basic capabilities that Margaret Bierman discovered while becoming familiar with the Btrfs file system in Oracle Linux, plus the instructions she used to create a file system, verify its size, create subdirectories, and perform other basic administrative tasks.
posted Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:00:19 +0000
Tech
Article: Which Tool Should I Use to Manage Which Virtualization
Technology?
A summary of the interfaces and tools that sysadmins can use to set up and manage virtual server, operating system, network, and storage resources from Oracle.
posted Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:41:11 +0000
A summary of the interfaces and tools that sysadmins can use to set up and manage virtual server, operating system, network, and storage resources from Oracle.
posted Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:41:11 +0000
Podcast:
A Technology Preview of Transcendent Memory
Turns out that in a virtual environment, RAM is the bottleneck. Not because it's slow, it's not, but because each CPU still had to use its own RAM. Which gets expensive. In this podcast, Dan Magenheimer describes how Oracle and the open source community taught the guest kernel in Oracle Linux to share its memory with other CPU's. Transcendent memory will wind up saving large data centers a lot of money. Find out how.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:53:51 +0000
Turns out that in a virtual environment, RAM is the bottleneck. Not because it's slow, it's not, but because each CPU still had to use its own RAM. Which gets expensive. In this podcast, Dan Magenheimer describes how Oracle and the open source community taught the guest kernel in Oracle Linux to share its memory with other CPU's. Transcendent memory will wind up saving large data centers a lot of money. Find out how.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:53:51 +0000
Tech
Article: How to Create a Local Yum Repository for Oracle Linux
How to create a local yum repository for Oracle Linux, and configure up2date and yum to install and update packages from the repositories. By Jared Greenwald.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:41:30 +0000
How to create a local yum repository for Oracle Linux, and configure up2date and yum to install and update packages from the repositories. By Jared Greenwald.
posted Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:41:30 +0000
Tech
Article: How to Develop Code from a Remote Desktop with Oracle Solaris
Studio
In Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3, you can control, from a desktop such as Microsoft Windows, the compilers and tools running on a remote Oracle Solaris or Oracle Linux system. This desktop distribution of the Solaris Studio IDE enables you to do full-fledged development on that remote system.
posted Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:47:52 +0000
In Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3, you can control, from a desktop such as Microsoft Windows, the compilers and tools running on a remote Oracle Solaris or Oracle Linux system. This desktop distribution of the Solaris Studio IDE enables you to do full-fledged development on that remote system.
posted Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:47:52 +0000
Webcast:
Top Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Linux Deployments (May 9, 9am
PT)
Learn how avoid common pitfalls, prevent problems and circumvent known issues to accelerate your deployment. Find out how to configure your Linux system the right way, learn diagnostics tricks, and get a wealth of best practices for running Linux in real-world enterprises.
posted Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:15:13 +0000
Learn how avoid common pitfalls, prevent problems and circumvent known issues to accelerate your deployment. Find out how to configure your Linux system the right way, learn diagnostics tricks, and get a wealth of best practices for running Linux in real-world enterprises.
posted Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:15:13 +0000
Tech
Article: Installing PHP and the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database on
Linux
How to install and Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database on Oracle Linux 6 and manage it with scripts supported by the OCI8 extensions to PHP.
posted Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:05:08 +0000
How to install and Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database on Oracle Linux 6 and manage it with scripts supported by the OCI8 extensions to PHP.
posted Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:05:08 +0000
